SMW United States Junior Heavyweight Championship
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The SMW United States Junior Heavyweight Championship was a singles title in Smoky Mountain Wrestling
. It existed from 1992 until the promotion's close in 1995. There were three officially recognized champions and eight title reigns, with Bobby Blaze
holding the title a record four times .
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
Smoky Mountain Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Appalachian area of the United States from October 1991 to December 1995, when it was run by Jim Cornette...
. It existed from 1992 until the promotion's close in 1995. There were three officially recognized champions and eight title reigns, with Bobby Blaze
Robert Smedley
Robert Smedley is a former American professional wrestler better known under his stage name Bobby Blaze. He has performed for several wrestling promotions, including Smoky Mountain Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling...
holding the title a record four times .
Title history
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| Bobby Blaze Robert Smedley Robert Smedley is a former American professional wrestler better known under his stage name Bobby Blaze. He has performed for several wrestling promotions, including Smoky Mountain Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling... |
1 | 1993-09-13 | Columbus, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city... |
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| Chris Candido Chris Candido Christopher Raul Candito was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Chris Candido... |
1 | 1993-10-04 | Jellico, Tennessee Jellico, Tennessee Jellico is a city in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,448 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Jellico is located at . The city is situated amidst the Cumberland Mountains in the Elk Creek Valley, which runs perpendicular to the Tennessee-Kentucky state line... |
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| Bobby Blaze | 2 | 1993-10-08 | Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region... |
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| Chris Candido | 2 | 1993-10-09 | Barbourville, Kentucky Barbourville, Kentucky Each year in early October, Barbourville hosts the Daniel Boone Festival commemorating the American pioneer Daniel Boone who explored the area in 1775. The festival features open air concerts, carnival attractions, a beauty pageant, a parade, and other events.... |
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| Bobby Blaze | 3 | 1993-10-10 | Johnson City, Tennessee Johnson City, Tennessee Johnson City is a city in Carter, Sullivan, and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, with most of the city being in Washington County... |
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| Chris Candido | 3 | 1993-11-13 | Morristown, Tennessee Morristown, Tennessee Morristown is a city in, and the county seat of, Hamblen County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 29,137 at the 2010 United States Census. It is the principal city of the Morristown, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Grainger, Hamblen and Jefferson counties... |
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| Title vacated sometime between 1994-03-04, Candido's last defense of the title, a victory over Tracy Smothers in Lenoir, North Carolina Lenoir, North Carolina Lenoir is a city in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 18,228 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Caldwell County. Lenoir is located in the Blue Ridge foothills. The city also contains the Brushy Mountains, a spur of the Blue Ridge Mountains... , and Candido's last match in SMW on 1994-03-26 in Chilhowie, Virginia Chilhowie, Virginia Chilhowie is a town in Smyth County, Virginia, United States.Chilhowie, pronounced Chil·´how·ee, the Cherokee word meaning “valley of many deer,” was adopted as the town’s name when the town became incorporated in 1913. The population was 1,781 at the 2010 census... , also a win over Smothers. |
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| Al Snow Al Snow Allen Ray Sarven is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name of Al Snow. He is best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment and currently works for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a road agent.-Early career:Sarven... |
1 | 1994-07-28 | Lima, Ohio Lima, Ohio Lima is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northwestern Ohio along Interstate 75 approximately north of Dayton and south-southwest of Toledo.... |
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| Bobby Blaze | 4 | 1994-07-29 | Ashland, Kentucky Ashland, Kentucky Ashland, formerly known as Poage Settlement, is a city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States, nestled along the banks of the Ohio River. The population was 21,981 at the 2000 census. Ashland is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of the 2000 census, the... |
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| The title was abandoned after the 1994-07-29 event. | ||||